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Green cement
Environment

Green cement

Polymers Cement (Geopolymer), is an innovative and environmentally friendly construction material developed at the Technology Center ...

December 16, 2018
Danger from ... coal
Environment

Danger from ... coal

In the picture is a worker of the No. 2 Energy Plant in Soc Chau (China) working on the factory's huge haze.

December 16, 2018
Huge chimney-shaped strange cloud
Environment

Huge chimney-shaped strange cloud

Occasionally, beautiful images suddenly come to you and leave unforgettable imprints. A wedding photographer was extremely lucky as she stepped out in front of her house…

December 16, 2018
August 2010: Record hot sunshine
Environment

August 2010: Record hot sunshine

According to John Christy, director of the Earth System Science Center at the University of Alabama, Huntsville, the average global temperature in August was only lower…

December 16, 2018
Facing environmental disaster
Environment

Facing environmental disaster

To get a gram of gold, people use two or three grams of toxic mercury to exploit it. And in order to have handmade gold mines, people do not hesitate to destroy forests…

December 16, 2018
See the 'Mr. West' pick up trash in Hanoi
Environment

See the 'Mr. West' pick up trash in Hanoi

Responding to the campaign 'Making the world cleaner', on September 18, the Australian Embassy together with Thang Long secondary school organized the 'Zoo cleaning' act…

December 16, 2018
The strongest storm of the year landed in China
Environment

The strongest storm of the year landed in China

Earlier this morning, Typhoon Fanapi, the 11th storm of this hurricane season in the Pacific Northwest Sea and the most powerful storm affecting China this year, landed…

December 16, 2018
Mexico invented cheap earthquake warning system
Environment

Mexico invented cheap earthquake warning system

Recently, Mexican scientists of the National Institute of Technology (IPN) have successfully invented an earthquake warning system to broadcast signals over the Internet…

December 16, 2018
Air pollution warning balloons
Environment

Air pollution warning balloons

Air pollution in Paris (France) also harms the health like other European cities. But in Paris, people do not have to wait intently for warnings from scientists but they…

December 16, 2018